Producers Guild goes with Oscar's expected top ten... no box office deviations this year.

The Producers Guild have announced their nominations for the film and television year. Unlike in some previous years they've ignored unexpected non-prestige-ready blockbusters this time, focusing exclusively on films expecting to do well on Oscar nomination morning.

Little Women isn't down for the count yet in the Best Picture raceOutstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

• 1917 Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne‐Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall
• Ford v Ferrari Producers: Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping, James Mangold
• The Irishman Producers: Jane Rosenthal & Robert De Niro, Emma Tillinger Koskoff & Martin Scorsese
• Jojo Rabbit Producers: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi
• Joker Producers: Todd Phillips & Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
• Knives Out Producers: Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman
• Little Women Producer: Amy Pascal
• Marriage Story Producers: Noah Baumbach, David Heyman
• Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood Producers: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite Producers: Kwak Sin Ae, Bong Joon Ho

In short, it's Best Picture predictions again. I know people have issues with the MCU but since this award is for producers, it seems strange to shun the gargantuan producing effort that worked so hard for 12 years to culminate in Avengers Endgame. Thinking it should have been here. Also strange to ignore the in-no-way-a-sure-thing success of The Farewell and Hustlers which just as easily could have been a indies that everyone ignored but for their success in execution and delivery. But then, those films are about women and most of the mainstream awards bodies prefer stories about men (sigh)

But all is not lost for films that didn't make this list and all is not secure for films that did make this list. Here's a trivia list for you...

Differences in PGA to Oscar in recent Best Picture years 

2018: (PGA only) Crazy Rich Asians, A Quiet Place
          Oscar replaced with: All other nominations matched

2017: (PGA only) The Big Sick, I Tonya, Molly's Game, and Wonder Woman
          Oscar replaced with: Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread

2016: (PGA only) Deadpool
          Oscar replaced with: All other nominations matched.

2015: (PGA only) Ex Machina, Sicario and Straight Outta Compton
          Oscar replaced with: Room 

2014: (PGA only) Foxcatcher, Gone Girl and Nightcrawler
          Oscar replaced with: Selma

2013: (PGA only) Blue Jasmine and Saving Mr Banks
          Oscar replaced with: Philomena

2012: (PGA only) Moonrise Kingdom and Skyfall
          Oscar replaced with: Amour

2011: (PGA only) Bridesmaids, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Ides of March
          Oscar replaced with: The Tree of Life and  Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2010: (PGA only) The Town
          Oscar replaced with: Winter's Bone

2009: (PGA only) Invictus and Star Trek
          Oscar replaced with: The Blind Side and A Serious Man

OKAY BACK TO THE CURRENT PGA NOMINATIONS

Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

• Abominable Producer: Suzanne Buirgy
• Frozen II Producer: Peter Del Vecho
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Producers: Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold
• Missing Link Producers: Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight
• Toy Story 4 Producers: Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera

We've begun to wonder if we aren't underestimating Abominable in the animated feature predictions. We still think not all three sequels will make the Oscar lineup though.

Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama

• Big Little Lies (Season 2)Producers: David E. Kelley, Jean‐Marc Vallée, Andrea Arnold, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross, David Auge, Lauren Neustadter, Liane Moriarty
• The Crown (Season 3) Producers: Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Benjamin Caron, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Michael Casey, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison, Oona O Beirn
• Game of Thrones (Season 8) Producers: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, David Nutter, Miguel Sapochnik, Bryan Cogman, Chris Newman, Greg Spence, Lisa McAtackney, Duncan Muggoch
• Succession (Season 2) Producers: Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Mark Mylod, Jane Tranter, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Georgia Pritchett, Will Tracy, Jonathan Glatzer, Dara Schnapper, Gabrielle Mahon
• Watchmen (Season 1) Producers: TBD

Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy

• Barry (Season 2) Producers: Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Aida Rodgers, Liz Sarnoff, Emily Heller, Julie Camino, Jason Kim
• Fleabag (Season 2) Producers: Phoebe Waller‐Bridge, Harry Bradbeer, Lydia Hampson, Harry Williams, Jack Williams, Joe Lewis, Sarah Hammond
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 3) Producers: Amy Sherman‐Palladino, Daniel Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Daniel Goldfarb, Kate Fodor, Sono Patel, Matthew Shapiro
• Schitt’s Creek (Season 5) Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Rupinder Gill, Colin Brunton
• Veep (Season 7) Producers: David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis‐Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan, Billy Kimball, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Ian Maxtone‐Graham, Dan O'Keefe, Steve Hely, David Hyman, Georgia Pritchett, Erik Kenward, Dan Mintz, Doug Smith

Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television

• Chernobyl Producers: Craig Mazin, Carolyn Strauss, Jane Featherstone, Johan Renck, Chris Fry, Sanne Wohlenberg
• Fosse/Verdon Producers: Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Lin‐Manuel Miranda, Joel Fields, George Stelzner, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Tracey Scott Wilson, Charlotte Stoudt, Nicole Fosse, Erica Kay, Kate Sullivan, Brad Carpenter
• True Detective Producers: TBD
• Unbelievable Producers: TBD
• When They See Us Producers: Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Berry Welsh, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Amy Kaufman, Robin Swicord

Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

• American Son Producers: TBD
• Apollo: Missions to the Moon Producers: TBD
• Black Mirror: Striking Vipers Producers: TBD
• Deadwood: The Movie Producers: David Milch, Carolyn Strauss, Gregg Fienberg, Scott Stephens, Daniel Minahan, Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Regina Corrado, Nichole Beattie, Mark Tobey
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Producers: TBD

Hmmm, sine they have a streaming motion picture category isn't this where The Irishman and Marriage Story should be?

Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

• 30 for 30 (Season 10) Producers: TBD
• 60 Minutes (Season 51, Season 52) Producers: TBD
• Leaving Neverland Producers: TBD
• Queer Eye (Season 3, Season 4) Producers: David Collins, Michael Williams, Rob Eric, Jennifer Lane, Jordana Hochman, Rachelle Mendez, Mark Bracero
• Surviving R. Kelly (Season 1) Producers: TBD

Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 25) Producers: TBD
• Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones Producers: TBD
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 6) Producers: TBD
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 5) Producers: TBD
• Saturday Night Live (Season 45) Producers: TBD

Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

• The Amazing Race (Season 31) Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo, Phil Keoghan
• The Masked Singer (Season 1) Producers: TBD
• RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 11) Producers: TBD
• Top Chef (Season 16) Producers: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Doneen Arquines, Casey Kriley, Tara Siener, Justin Rae Barnes, Blake Davis, Patrick Schmedeman, Wade Sheeler, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Elida Carbajal Araiza, Brian Fowler, Caitlin Rademaekers, Steve Lichtenstein, Emily Van Bergen
• The Voice (Season 16, Season 17) Producers: John de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Teddy Valenti, Kyley Tucker, Carson Daly

Comments

[Paranoid Android]

So if one movie has to drop off because the ranked math makes it nearly impossible for ten to make it in, I'm guessing it's Ford v Ferrari.

[Charlea]

After this and BAFTA, it is clear that those of us who saw the potential for individuality amongst the different awards groups due to the shortened season were beyond naive.

[Working stiff]

If fewer than ten, expect the Oscar list to repudiate Netflix (but Scorsese is probably safe).

[Cash]

If something drops out, it's probably a movie with prominent female characters, like Little Women or Knives Out. This just feels like a very bro year.

[Working stiff]

DGA: It's NOT Todd Phillips

I can live with Taika over Greta ::sigh::

[Max]

Out of the ten, seven feel safe. The three on the chopping block are Little Women, Knives Out, and F v F.

[Richter Scale]

DGA list is out, it's Taika Waititi instead of Todd Phillips (the rest are the usual suspects), though there are three women nominated for first-time director (Mati Diop for Atlantics, Alma Har'el for Honey Boy and Melina Matsoukas for Queen and Slim, along with Joe Talbot for The Last Black Man in San Francisco and the directing team of The Peanut Butter Falcon.

[markgordonuk]

It's the same every year these pre Oscars shows are just bell weather predictors,people aren't actually choosing films they like or enjoyed they just jumping on the bandwagon,it's like a list every year is drawn in a board room of what to push and what to forget,every category whittles down to 8 - 10 nominees and no one no matter how good they are gets a look in.

Sienna Miller should be in the Best Actress conversation but hasn't the muscle behind her or some vocal people championing her so she is left out whilst being more courageous and real than half the expected field in her role.

Waves completely forgotten,The Farewell,Last Black Man etc etc.

[Hustler]

This awards season feels like such a backlash year...The same male stories gobbling up all the oxygen in the room. The same male geniuses being praised and praised again. Absent/silent women characters.

I'd like Ramona to slip all these Holly-male powerbroker a little powder in their drinks and steal all their ballots and fill them out properly.

[Ryan T.]

Agree with you on AVENGERS/MCU. I know it's not ALL about money, but this award and that movie/this year... feels crazy to not recognize it.

[Edward L.]

markgordonuk: I feel yout pain!

I hope The Farewell gets into the Oscar Best Picture lineup and I hope Ford v Ferrari does too.

[Me]

I don't like killing movies people like in these short little snippets, but I have to be very happy that Waves has been ignored.

I mean it's downright offensive. It's like that SNL joke when Topher Grace said Topher was short for Christopher, and Jason Sudeikis rises up and says he can "So you're saying I could name my kid Matthew and call him Tthew".

I mean..you can just do anything. Second half of Waves is offensive filmmaking. And as good as Brown is, it's a pretty small role.

[Rob]

Ultimately, this has been a very uneven Oscar season and that looks to manifest itself in the final BP lineup. A couple great movies, a couple of good ones, and a whole bunch that I can't get terribly excited about.

[Steve G]

Bradley Cooper is looking solid for his 8th Oscar nomination next week! Four in acting, three in producing and one for writing.

[thevoid99]

The lack of love for Avengers: Endgame is not surprising.

[Claran]

I tink Little Women is safe. Thr's a lotsa surging support for it n Greta at the 11th hr.

The 9th(last spot) shld b btw FvF n Knives Out.

[Fadhil]

REAL QUESTION: What differs between a Netflix motion picture and a Netflix TV movie???
Like wtf, i know that they might give their real movies a theatrical screening for only ONE week, but what can actually make their FILM and TV FILM different if they just stream them in the same place?
Anyone please answer!

[Paranoid Android]

Ouch on the Waves hate! Great movie

[Glenn Dunks]

Precursors this year are all derelict in their duties. Remember when this group gave their prize to MOULIN ROUGE!? My gosh...

[Joseph]

Fingers crossed that the movie the Academy ignores is Little Women.